to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ in Colossae. Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

Thanksgiving for the Colossian Believers

We give thanks always to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ when we[a] pray for you, since we[b] heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints,

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:3 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“pray”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Colossians 1:4 Here “since” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard about”) which is understood as causal